
Dennis Hopper
Dennis Lee Hopper (May 17, 1936 – May 29, 2010) was an American actor, filmmaker and artist. As a young man, Hopper became interested in acting and eventually became a student of the Actors' Studio. He made his first television appearance in 1954, and appeared in two films featuring James Dean, Rebel Without a Cause (1955) and Giant (1956). During the next 10 years, Hopper appeared frequently on television in guest roles, and by the end of the 1960s had played supporting roles in several films. He directed and starred in Easy Rider (1969), winning an award at the Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay as co-writer. "With its portrait of counterculture heroes raising their middle fingers to the uptight middle-class hypocrisies, Easy Rider became the cinematic symbol of the 1960s, a celluloid anthem to freedom, macho bravado and anti-establishment rebellion." Film critic Matthew Hays notes that "no other persona better signifies the lost idealism of the 1960s than that of Dennis Hopper." He was unable to build on his success for several years, until a featured role in Apocalypse Now (1979) brought him attention. He subsequently appeared in Rumble Fish (1983) and The Osterman Weekend (1983), and received critical recognition for his work in Blue Velvet and Hoosiers, with the latter film garnering him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He directed Colors (1988) and played the villain in Speed (1994). Hopper's later work included a leading role in the television series Crash. Hopper's last performance was filmed just before his death: The Last Film Festival, slated for a 2011 release. Hopper was also a prolific and acclaimed photographer, a profession he began in the 1960s. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
320 acting credits · 9 directing credits
Acting · 320

The Daily Show
1996

24
2001

The Graham Norton Show
2007

Saturday Night Live
1975

King of the Hill
1997

Bonanza
1959

The Mike Douglas Show
1961

Golden Globe Awards
1944

Entourage
2004

Wagon Train
1957

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003

Las Vegas
2003

The Rifleman
1958

The Twilight Zone
1959

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988

Petticoat Junction
1963

Naked City
1958

Die Harald Schmidt Show
1995

Combat!
1962

Cheyenne
1955

The Big Valley
1965

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956

Studio One
1948

Matinee Theater
1955

The Defenders
1961

Gunsmoke
1955

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975

Sugarfoot
1957

Apocalypse Now
1979

Surfside 6
1960

V Graham Norton
2002

Highway Patrol
1955

The Millionaire
1955

Biography
1987

Arrest and Trial
1963

True Romance
1993

The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960

The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967

Speed
1994

HBO First Look
1992

E-Ring
2005

Screen Director's Playhouse
1955

87th Precinct
1961

The Lieutenant
1963

Waterworld
1995

True Grit
1969

Crash
2008

Espionage
1963

The Dakotas
1963
The Greatest Show on Earth
1963

The Legend of Jesse James
1965
Seitenblicke
1987

Land of the Dead
2005

Blue Velvet
1986

Jason and the Argonauts
2000

The Johnny Cash Show
1969

Medic
1954

Letter to Loretta
1953

Cool Hand Luke
1967

Scene by Scene
1997

Easy Rider
1969

Super Mario Bros.
1993

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
1986

Giant
1956

Hang 'em High
1968

Flatland
2002

The Investigators
1961

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957

Inside Deep Throat
2005

Rebel Without a Cause
1955

General Electric Theater
1953

Alpha and Omega
2010

Firestarter: Rekindled
2002

EDtv
1999
Conflict
1956

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
1991

Basquiat
1996

Chasers
1994

E! True Hollywood Story
1996

Elegy
2008

Wild Times
1980

Space Truckers
1996

Black Widow
1987

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014

Rumble Fish
1983

Hoosiers
1986

The Sons of Katie Elder
1965

The Crow: Wicked Prayer
2005

Brando: The Documentary
2007

Knockaround Guys
2001
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
1997

The Heart of Justice
1992

10th & Wolf
2006

Ticker
2001

Fishing with John
1991

Red Rock West
1993

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014

River's Edge
1986

The Pick-up Artist
1987
10 Things Every Guy Should Experience
2004

Samson and Delilah
1996

Inside the Actors Studio
1994

The American Friend
1977

Catchfire
1990

Swing Vote
2008

Sayonara
1957

50 Films to See Before You Die
2006

An American Carol
2008

Boiling Point
1993

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003
Kings Row
1955
Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen
2020

House of 9
2005

The Trip
1967

The Other Side of the Wind
2018

The Prophet's Game
2000

Hell Ride
2008
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
2002

Corman's World
2011

Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
2012

Meet the Deedles
1998

Head
1968

Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
1990

Brando
2007

The Indian Runner
1991

Flashback
1990

Sleepwalking
2008

Out of the Blue
1981

The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
1996

A Decade Under the Influence
2003

Not Quite Hollywood
2008

Night Tide
1961

The Last Days of Frankie the Fly
1996

The Last Movie
1971

This Is Buzz
2026

Nails
1992

Leo
2002

Witch Hunt
1994

Wim Wenders, Desperado
2020

I Died a Thousand Times
1955

Carried Away
1996

Kid Blue
1973

Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch
1990

The Story of Mankind
1957

My Science Project
1985

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018

Straight to Hell
1987

Paris Trout
1991

Memory
2006

Flatland
2002

No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
2009

The Night We Called It a Day
2003

On the Trail of Easy Rider: 40 Years On... Still Searching for America
2011

Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth
2020

Unspeakable
2003

Welcome to Hollywood
2000

Beautiful Darling
2010

Tycus
1999

The Keeper
2004

O.C. and Stiggs
1987

Blood Red
1989

Chattahoochee
1990

Search and Destroy
1995

Top of the World
1997

Jesus' Son
2000

Hoboken Hollow
2006

Mad Dog Morgan
1976

Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections
1990

Gorillaz: Demon Days Live at the Manchester Opera House
2006

Running Out of Luck
1987

Cannes Man
1996

Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O
1993

The Osterman Weekend
1983

Doublecrossed
1991

Road Ends
1997

Palermo Shooting
2008

The Source
1999

The Last Ride
2004

L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve
2001

Stark
1985

Tracks
1976

The Piano Player
2002
Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth
2008

to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour
2023

The Groovenians
2002

Out of Season
2004

Sunset Heat
1992

The James Dean Story
1957

Morceaux de Cannes
2021

Wanderlust
2006

Queen of Blood
1966

Who Is Henry Jaglom?
1997

Forever Hollywood
1999

Drawing the Line: A Portrait of Keith Haring
1989

Michael Angel
2000

Tell Them Who You Are
2004

The Ten Commandments of Creativity
2000

Luck of the Draw
2000

Chelsea on the Rocks
2008

Straight Shooter
1999

Americano
2005

Roland Klick: The Heart Is a Hungry Hunter
2013

The Blackout
1997

The Venice Project
1999

The Young Land
1959

Kris Kristofferson: His Life and Work
1993

Bananaz
2008

James Dean: The First American Teenager
1975

Mysteries of Love
2002

Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders
1990

Spirit of Golf
2023

The Revenge of the Dead Indians
1993

The Art of Football from A to Z
2006
Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture
2001

From Hell to Texas
1958

King of the Mountain
1981

Hopper/Welles
2020

The Brothers Warner
2008

Disneyland '59
1959

Rising Son: The Legend of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi
2006

Choke
2001

On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'
2005

Lured Innocence
1998

Marlon Brando: The Wild One
1994

Sketches of Frank Gehry
2006

Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir
1995

Return to 'Giant'
1996

Stark: Mirror Image
1986

Andy Warhol Screen Tests
1965
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper
1991

B movie
2009

Human Highway
1982
Santabear's High Flying Adventure
1987

Black Leather Jacket
1989

Champion
2005

The Cool School
2008

Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage
2011

Eye of the Storm
1991

Gorillaz: Demon Days Live in Harlem at Apollo Theater
2006

Picture This
1991

Held for Ransom
2000

The Sky is Falling
1975

I Don't Know Jack
2002

The Glory Stompers
1967

Last In, First Out
1978

Along for the Ride
2016

The Last Film Festival
2016

13 Most Beautiful… Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests
2009

Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
2005

A Tribute to Johnny Cash
1999

When Hippies Ruled The World
2002

Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain
1997

The A-Z of Separating People from their Money
1998

Scene Missing
2012

A Hero of Our Time
1985

Reborn
1981

Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
1972

Key Witness
1960

White Star
1983

The Groovenians
2002

Blue Velvet Revisited
2016

The American Way
1987

Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments
2004

New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'
1956

Panic in the City
1968

Tarzan and Jane Regained... Sort of
1964
Swiss Family Robinson
1958

The Real James Dean
2006

Emmanuelle: A Hard Look
2001

On the tracks of a filmmaker
1988

The Inside Man
1984

Spreading Ground
2000

SnowwhiteRosered
1991

Art, Acting, & the Suicide Chair: A Conversation with Dennis Hopper
1988

Stardust
2010

No Frank in Lumberton
1988

Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage
1999

Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film
2006

The Hold-Out
1962
The Sorceror's Apprentice
1977

Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder
2009

The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose
2007

Born to Be Wild
1995
Der Weg des Ruhms - Hollywoods Walk of Fame
2011

Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider
2016

1 Giant Leap
2002

Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)
2003

Out of the Blue and Into the Black
1987

Bad City Blues
1999

Llyn Foulkes One Man Band
2013

Rediscovering a Rebel
1996

Tim Leary: The Art of Dying
2008

Dennis Hopper's Russian Dynamite Death Chair Act
1983

Taylor & Ultra: On the 60s, The Factory, and Being a Warhol Superstar
2016

Jazz Seen
2001

The Sixth Element: The Ross Clarke-Jones Story
2006

Flesh Color
1978

The Pursuit of Happiness
1999

The American Dreamer
1971

Crush Proof
1972

James Dean and Me
1995
Fighting Against the Wind: Making 'the American Dreamer'
2015
New Scenes from America
2003
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Screen Test [ST155]: Dennis Hopper
1964
High Air
1956

Brando: An Icon Is Born
2007

Rabbit Ears - The Fisherman and His Wife
1989
Light Years
1966

U2: A Year in Pop
1997

To Shoot a Mad Dog
1976
Willie Nelson: Down Home
1997

Mickey Rourke: Just Like a Man
2022

Some Kind of Genius
1986

Films to Die For
2025

The Sunrise Gun
1959
Blue Peanuts
1987

Screen Test #3
1966

The Thirteen Most Beautiful Boys
1964

Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: Alejandro Jodorowsky
1991

Russian Suicide Chair
2008


